Growth Metrics

Standard Biotools (LAB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Standard Biotools (LAB) reported Return on Capital Employed of 17.07% for Q1 2026, down 1679.0% year-over-year from 1.08% in Q1 2025, and up 31.06% on a QoQ basis from 24.75% in Q4 2025.

Standard Biotools (LAB) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 17.07% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 1679.0% year-over-year to 17.07% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.07% (down 1679.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 22.89%, down 1816.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed improved to 17.07% in Q1 2026 per LAB's latest filing, from 24.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.65% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 36.97% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 17.07% (2026), against an average of 18.23%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 2533 bps; it then tumbled 1878 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing LAB's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 32.35% in 2022, then surged by 78 bps to 7.02% in 2023, then rose by 15 bps to 5.98% in 2024, then plunged by 314 bps to 24.75% in 2025, then soared by 31 bps to 17.07% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest LAB Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 17.07% (Q1 2026), 24.75% (Q4 2025), and 0.72% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 152.82 Bn 146.17 Bn 6.27 Bn 9.61%
2 Stryker 115.07 Bn 112.19 Bn 3.81 Bn 12.24%
3 Medtronic 95.25 Bn 87.08 Bn 5.76 Bn 7.36%
4 Boston Scientific 71.38 Bn 70.17 Bn 3.61 Bn 9.62%
5 Edwards Lifesciences 51.08 Bn 47.41 Bn 1.29 Bn 11.13%
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 7.62%
7 Dexcom 28.84 Bn 27.72 Bn 750.30 Mn 24.24%
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.56 Bn 26.49 Bn 1.98 Bn 9.30%
9 Steris 20.71 Bn 20.30 Bn 697.10 Mn 11.57%
10 Standard Biotools 448.37 Mn -6.80 Mn 11.31 Mn -17.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -17.07%
Dec 31, 2025 -24.75%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.72%
Jun 30, 2025 0.65%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.28%
Dec 31, 2024 -5.98%
Sep 30, 2024 -13.49%
Jun 30, 2024 -11.62%
Mar 31, 2024 -13.80%
Dec 31, 2023 -7.02%
Sep 30, 2023 -25.81%
Jun 30, 2023 -26.56%
Mar 31, 2023 -31.23%
Dec 31, 2022 -32.35%
Sep 30, 2022 -30.04%
Jun 30, 2022 -32.81%
Mar 31, 2022 -36.97%
Sep 30, 2021 -30.66%
Jun 30, 2021 -24.12%
Mar 31, 2021 -21.19%
Dec 31, 2020 -18.93%
Sep 30, 2020 -16.67%
Jun 30, 2020 -20.84%
Mar 31, 2020 -21.71%
Dec 31, 2019 -22.13%
Sep 30, 2019 -22.11%
Jun 30, 2019 -20.61%
Mar 31, 2019 -18.89%
Dec 31, 2018 -20.04%
Sep 30, 2018 -21.11%
Jun 30, 2018 -21.85%
Mar 31, 2018 -21.84%
Dec 31, 2017 -22.78%
Sep 30, 2017 -26.56%
Jun 30, 2017 -27.94%
Mar 31, 2017 -26.80%
Dec 31, 2016 -25.78%
Sep 30, 2016 -22.81%
Jun 30, 2016 -18.52%
Mar 31, 2016 -16.59%
Dec 31, 2015 -14.57%
Sep 30, 2015 -12.99%
Jun 30, 2015 -14.19%
Mar 31, 2015 -13.09%
Dec 31, 2014 -13.66%
Sep 30, 2014 -12.06%
Jun 30, 2014 -9.79%
Mar 31, 2014 -12.31%
Dec 31, 2013 -19.11%
Sep 30, 2013 -17.85%
Jun 30, 2013 -16.30%
Mar 31, 2013 -16.53%
Dec 31, 2012 -17.41%
Sep 30, 2012 -22.54%
Jun 30, 2012 -33.38%
Mar 31, 2012 -34.88%
Dec 31, 2011 -30.54%
Sep 30, 2011 -27.30%